Has any one analyzed what dust is composed of?

[wolram]

Has anyone analyzed what dust is composed of? i saw once that a lot of it
is dead skin but what about the other stuff.

 

[heartless]

Heh, it's on wikipedia Wolram :)
When I first heard from my Biology teacher that our dead skin cells make portion of dust I couldn't believe that, though now I do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_(dirt )

 

[wolram]

Heh, it's on wikipedia Wolram :)
When I first heard from my Biology teacher that our dead skin cells make portion of dust I couldn't believe that, though now I do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_(dirt )

Yay, just been reading the wiki article, dust mites eat our skin, then leave
stuff that makes our eyes water but there must be various other
stuff in dust, probably varies from area to area.

 

[Evo]

I'll always have Tsu to thank for showing me these things in our eyelashes.

http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/eyelash/creatures.html

http://www.visions-of-science.co.uk/winners2004/win-07.htm

 

[Moonbear]

Yes, the content of dust would vary. Lint from fabrics, sawdust from cutting wood, soil and sand blown up from outdoors, pollen, decomposition products of all sorts of things, in addition to dust mite poop and shed skin and other fun stuff like that.

 

[wolram]

I'll always have Tsu to thank for showing me these things in our eyelashes.

http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/eyelash/creatures.html

http://www.visions-of-science.co.uk/winners2004/win-07.htm

Now i am feeling all itchy.